Lot Essay
Cf. J. D. Beazley, Attic Red-figure Vase-Painters, II, Oxford, 1963 (2nd ed.), p. 1493 for similar oinochoai, attributed to the F. B. Group
Details
An Attic red-figure trefoil-lipped oinochoe
the body decorated with two female heads facing each other in profile, one with her head raised up, each with curling locks escaping from under a sakkos, palmettes and scrolls in between -- 5 7/8in. (14.7cm.) high, circa 400-370 B.C.
See Colour Plate 1
the body decorated with two female heads facing each other in profile, one with her head raised up, each with curling locks escaping from under a sakkos, palmettes and scrolls in between -- 5 7/8in. (14.7cm.) high, circa 400-370 B.C.
See Colour Plate 1